Enhanced MECC (Making Every Contact Count) training is available now in Warwickshire. MECC is an NHS designed intervention approach to behaviour change that uses the millions of day-to-day interactions that organisations and people have with other people to support them … Read more
Updates are currently being rolled out to the EMS Plus system being used across Warwickshire for homes to record and share their bed vacancy information. Following feedback from system users, the way the information is recorded is changing. The process … Read more
With the current heatwave, it’s good for staff to beware of how to prevent and treat the hazards of summer weather – from heat exhaustion to panic attacks to fainting – from a professional and personal point of view, as … Read more
At Low Furlong Care Home in Shipston-on-Stour, they know all about superheroes: they work and live alongside them every day! Among these heroes, they count their residents, who have served during wars, been held as POWs, laboured in the Land … Read more
ConnectWELL provides local residents with the opportunity to improve their health and wellbeing. This could be through various leisure, health or welfare activities and services. As a signposting provision, they provide expertise on pointing users in the direction of the specialist service … Read more
Warwickshire is introducing a new, integrated model for safeguarding children and adults in the county. This means that the Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Board (WSCB) and Warwickshire Safeguarding Adults Board (WSAB) will be replaced by a single body called Safeguarding Warwickshire. … Read more
Local NHS providers and WCC, through the Warwickshire Cares Better Together programme, are working together to help people with limb restrictions across Warwickshire receive care in the most appropriate setting. Two new services have been launched: Short-term (time limited) support … Read more
A pilot programme is being launched this week in rural north Warwickshire to provide a rapid response home-based service round the clock to people approaching the end of life. It is the result of collaboration between Mary Ann Evans Hospice (MAEH) … Read more
The Warwickshire Food For Health Group (WFFHG) produce a monthly newsletter with the aim of helping people to eat and drink better. It includes features on healthy eating, recipe suggestions, advice on what fruit and vegetables are in season, social … Read more
We’ve been made aware of a number of free online training resources for care home staff and have picked out a selection to share with you in this week’s newsletter. The first is some Oral Health e-learning available from Skills … Read more